This preliminary document provides a reference for California educators concerned with the generation of funds for special education programs and is intended to supplement J-50 forms and instructions. The J-50 forms are a series of instructions, worksheets, and data collection forms used by local California educational agencies in the calculation…

This chapter presents an up-to-date analysis of prevailing state wage laws that affect educational facility construction or renovation and highlights relevant prevailing wage litigation in many states. Currently, 13 states have no prevailing wage laws for public works. The other 37 states and the District of Columbia do have prevailing wage laws…

A Texas committee on educational reform held hearings in 1984 on the implementation of career ladder and teacher competency testing plans. These reforms were enacted by the legislature late that year. In the spring of 1984, 1985, and 1986, three surveys were undertaken to determine how teachers felt about these reforms as proposed and later…

The outcome of the federal budget process in 1986, the impact of tax reform, and reauthorization of the Higher Education Act are examined, along with prospects for the 1987 U.S. Congress. State legislative developments and recent policy studies sponsored by the College Board's Washington office are also reviewed. Statistical tables trace funding…

In 1984, the California State Legislature enacted a mandatory enrollment fee and a new student financial aid program for California community college students and required the Chancellor of the community colleges to study the fee's impact. This report discusses policy options for fees and financial aid and presents preliminary recommendations for…

This monograph offers a critical response to the platform for restructuring the public educational system proposed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in its "Education Source Book: The State Legislators' Guide to Reform." The source book offers more than a dozen model state statutes that would effect a massive shift of…

This paper highlights selected key findings and discusses several issues emerging from an extended case study of the development and operation of a statewide teacher career ladder enacted into law in Tennessee in 1984. Data for the study were gathered through interviews, observations, elimination of documents, and a survey of selected teachers.…

The Articulation Agreement was developed by the Division of Community Colleges and the State University System of Florida and was approved by the State Board of Education in April 1971. The Agreement provides a basic framework within which students who complete programs under specified conditions are assured that their work will be accepted as…

Most communication courses and research involving freedom of speech examine issues by reviewing the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the federal appelate courts. However, the high visibility of the federal courts can lead to a misguided emphasis by students of the history of free speech. Research into the development of present…

The 20 education service centers in Texas are regional institutions designed to assist school districts with quality ideas, services, information, and teaching materials. This plan sets out the authority, governance, operations, and services that are to be provided by the service centers to school districts along with guidelines and standards.…

This user's guide to the "Documents on Documents Collection" describes 166 documents gathered during 1980-1983. The collection includes documents produced by the various state document distribution centers (usually the state library), for use by administrators of depository programs, state employees, documents librarians, and government…

The Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984 require that every state not qualifying for a waiver appoint a commission to look at the success of the state's child support enforcement program in securing support and parental involvement for all children needing such services, whether they were eligible for public assistance or not. This…

This publication contains the laws governing the community college system of North Carolina (Chapter 115D of the General Statutes of North Carolina, and other relevant statutes in Chapters 115, 115B, and 116). Chapter 115D contains provisions applying to state administration, local administration, financial support, budgeting, accounting, and…

The East Texas School Study Council (ETSSC) (a cooperative organization involving 82 member school districts, a regional educational service center, and East Texas State University) sponsored a study on the impact of Texas reform legislation (H.B. 246 and H.B. 72) on the instructional role of the approximately 400 principals in council member…

The first section of this policy paper provides an overview of the historical development of early retirement incentive programs (ERIPs), the legal status of ERIPs under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), cost/benefit analyses involving ERIPs, and consideration of ERIPs in Indiana. The second section contains a brief synopsis of…